Near Infrared Spectroscopy Group

The Near Infrared Spectroscopy group is part of the Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory in the Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering at University College London. The group currently consists of 7 postdoctoral researchers and 3 PhD students with expertise in physics, engineering and mathematics. We are supported by a number of research council and charitable grants and industrial sponsorship. The work of our group is focussed on the development and application of a wide range of near infrared spectroscopy instrumentation including single and multi channel differential, spatially resolved and phase resolved systems. These systems are designed to measure tissue oxygenation, haemodynamics and metabolism in a number of different organs although our current focus is predominantly on the brain and muscle. We have long standing collaborations with a range of clinical and life science groups, as well as Hamamatsu Photonics and Hitachi Medical.

NEWS

Prof Elwell in BBC's Horizon: Alan and Marcus Go Forth and Multiply

NIRS helps Olympic 2012 athletes in Going for Gold - The Engineer

Prof Elwell at Body Perspective (Dana Centre)

Dr Leung's Heart Sounds Make Easy in stores now

Prof Elwell in UCL News podcast (mp3) (iTunes)

Prof Elwell at the BA Festival of Science (event link)

Dr Leung's interview on Acousto-Optics - The Engineer (pdf)

Babies can recognise emotion in faces - Telegraph

Updated 24 July 2009